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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: Re: Post Kernel 6.15 Report
Date: 1 Jun 2025 19:01:31 GMT
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On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:21:19 +0000, Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> wrote in
<1844ea94ad1c99ef$9271$3915$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>:

> I built and installed kernel 6.15 today.
> 
> Why?  I don't rightly know.  There's not much difference from previous
> kernels but I just don't want to fall far behind the development trends.
> 
> The Nvidia drivers needed a patch.

No they didn't.  Just run the installer with:

# ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-575.57.08.run --no-unified-memory --skip-module-load

Then choose the MIT/GPL branch (the default).

-- 
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   OS: Linux 6.15.0 D: Mint 22.1 DE: Xfce 4.18 Mem: 258G
   "Help! I'm lost somewhere in the Generation Gap."